What a Carve Up!

What a Carve Up!

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  • Genre: Horror, Comedy, Thriller, Mystery
  • Release Date: 1961-09-15
  • Runtime: 84 minutes
  • : 6.905
  • Production Company: New World Films Ltd.
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
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6.905/10
6.905
From 21 Ratings

Description

Ernie's Uncle Gabriel has just died but to claim his inheritance he must spend the night in the ancestral family home with the rest of his rather eccentric relatives. Ernie's imagination has been affected by his constant immersion in cheap horror novels, but his wildest fears turn out to be justified when the guests begin to drop dead.

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Reviews

  • CinemaSerf

    6
    By CinemaSerf
    This is one of the few films that cast Kenneth Connor in a leading role, and by and large, he does an half decent job with this rather amusing, if derivative, comedy. When his uncle dies, he is invited to visit his stately pile to discuss an inheritance. He takes his mate, "Syd" (Sidney James) on his trip, but on arrival discovers that there are quite a few potential heirs to the fortune... It develops a little like a comedic "Ten Little Indians" (1965) - which also featured the imposing Shirley Eaton - only it has absolutely no menace at all, just a series of mildly comic slapstick scenarios, some secret passages and a distinctly dodgy chandelier. A good, reliable, cast of British comedy actors help out - Michael Gough is great as butler "Fisk", Dennis Price - as another would-be beneficiary (always to be found with a drink in his hand) and Donald Pleasence as the solicitor presiding over this rather dangerous process all contribute well to an amiable 90 minutes that is well steered by James and Connor. Keep eye out for a couple of scene-stealing appearances from Esma Cannon as "Aunt Emily".

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